| Polar Inertia Contributor(s): Virilio, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761958037 ISBN-13: 9780761958031 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $60.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1999 Annotation: Examining how the here and now' of space, territory, the body, are being redefined by new technologies and how this undoes simplistic versions of the globalization thesis, Paul Virilio demonstrates how technology has made inertia the defining condition of modernity. An instantaneous present has replaced space and the sovereignty of territory; everything happens without the need to go anywhere. This book will be a key reference for students and scholars of the latest thinking in social theory. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Science | Physics - Relativity |
| Dewey: 530.11 |
| LCCN: 99075723 |
| Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.34" W x 9.16" (0.42 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Examining how the here and now′ of space, territory, the body, are being redefined by new technologies and how this undoes simplistic versions of the globalization thesis, Paul Virilio demonstrates how technology has made inertia the defining condition of modernity. An instantaneous present has replaced space and the sovereignty of territory; everything happens without the need to go anywhere. This book will be a key reference for students and scholars of the latest thinking in social theory. |
Contributor Bio(s): Virilio, Paul: - Paul Virilio is President Ecoloe Speciale d'Architecture, and author of Open Sky (verao); Art of the Motor (BFI); War and Cinema (Verso), amongst others. |